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HISTORY OF IRON COUNTY BY William R . Palmer, 1922 It has been only seventy-one years since the settlement of Iron County (18511, and little more than eighty years since people came to Utah and to the west; yet in that time the western part of this country has changed from a land of deserts and prairies to a land of farms and orchards. It has changed from a land of Indians and cowboys to one of towns and villages filled with happy homes. Already the spirit has changed from that of the hardy pioneer to the ideas and ideals of growing cities. Already the stories of the past are becoming folk lore. Most of these stories will remain so for many years b u t , in order that some of these facts may be preserved for the great historians and literary artists yet to come, we are writing these sketches of our early history. In the latter part of the year 1849, a company of explorers under the leadership of Parley P. P r a t t , who had been sent out to explore the southern p a r t of the country, returned to Salt Lake. The report which they gave of the south was very favorable. They had found much good farming land and unlimited pasturage, and also large iron deposits. They suggested that a colony be sent down to settle the country. This suggestion was acted upon, and a party of thirty families, including one hundred eighteen souls, six hundred head of stock, and one hundred one wagons led by Elders George A . Smith. William H . Dame, and Henry Lunt, was organized. The party left Salt Lake City December the eighth, 1850, and arrived in Parowan Valley, Little Salt Lake a s i t was then called, on January the thirteenth. 1851. The camp was made on the present site of Parowan, and a permanent settlement was at once organized. According to the custom of the Mormon people, the town was first surveyed and people drew for their lots. On the sixth day of February, 1851, the first City Charter was granted, the area of the town being six square miles, and the first deed was recorded February the seventh by James Lewis, then County Recorder. In the spring fields were laid o u t , crops planted, and the work of house building began in earnest. The people were forced to make the most of the natural resources, and they immediately made use of the salt from Little Salt Lake. At that time. Utah Territory included a tract of land covering p a r t of what is now Colorado and Nevada, and Iron County todk in a vast empire of country extending from the Sevier River into Arizona and some distance into what is now Nevada. This was soon limited, however, by the formation of Counties in Utah. The town was named Parowan for an old Indian Chief who lived in the country at that time. The purpose of the

Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City.

HISTORY OF IRON COUNTY BY William R . Palmer, 1922 It has been only seventy-one years since the settlement of Iron County (18511, and little more than eighty years since people came to Utah and to the west; yet in that time the western part of this country has changed from a land of deserts and prairies to a land of farms and orchards. It has changed from a land of Indians and cowboys to one of towns and villages filled with happy homes. Already the spirit has changed from that of the hardy pioneer to the ideas and ideals of growing cities. Already the stories of the past are becoming folk lore. Most of these stories will remain so for many years b u t , in order that some of these facts may be preserved for the great historians and literary artists yet to come, we are writing these sketches of our early history. In the latter part of the year 1849, a company of explorers under the leadership of Parley P. P r a t t , who had been sent out to explore the southern p a r t of the country, returned to Salt Lake. The report which they gave of the south was very favorable. They had found much good farming land and unlimited pasturage, and also large iron deposits. They suggested that a colony be sent down to settle the country. This suggestion was acted upon, and a party of thirty families, including one hundred eighteen souls, six hundred head of stock, and one hundred one wagons led by Elders George A . Smith. William H . Dame, and Henry Lunt, was organized. The party left Salt Lake City December the eighth, 1850, and arrived in Parowan Valley, Little Salt Lake a s i t was then called, on January the thirteenth. 1851. The camp was made on the present site of Parowan, and a permanent settlement was at once organized. According to the custom of the Mormon people, the town was first surveyed and people drew for their lots. On the sixth day of February, 1851, the first City Charter was granted, the area of the town being six square miles, and the first deed was recorded February the seventh by James Lewis, then County Recorder. In the spring fields were laid o u t , crops planted, and the work of house building began in earnest. The people were forced to make the most of the natural resources, and they immediately made use of the salt from Little Salt Lake. At that time. Utah Territory included a tract of land covering p a r t of what is now Colorado and Nevada, and Iron County todk in a vast empire of country extending from the Sevier River into Arizona and some distance into what is now Nevada. This was soon limited, however, by the formation of Counties in Utah. The town was named Parowan for an old Indian Chief who lived in the country at that time. The purpose of the